November 2018
Opera York | La boheme
by Giacomo Puccini November 2, 2018 @ 7.30pm November 4, 2018 @ 2pm Main Stage, Richmond Hill Centre for the Performing Arts. Cast: Rudolfo, a poet Kijong Wi Mimi, a seamstress Sara Papini Marcello, a painter Diego Catala Schaunard, a musician Anthony Cleverton Colline, a philosopher Gabriel Sanchez Ortiga Musetta, a singer Dallas Chorley Production Team Music Director Denis Mastromonaco Stage Director Penny Cookson Technical Director TBA Lighting Director Chris Humphrey Stage Manager TBA Construction Manager Dan Stoyles Costume Mistress Amanda…
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Opera York | Don Giovanni
Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart March 1, 2019 @ 7.30pm March 3, 2019 @ 2:00pm Artistic Director, Geoffrey Butler Stage Director, Renee Salewski Main Stage, Richmond Hill Centre for the Performing Arts. Tickets, here.
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Kindred Spirits Orchestra | Prokofiev’s Second
PROKOFIEV'S SECOND Saturday, May 11, 2019 at 8:00 p.m. Richmond Hill Centre for the Performing Arts Join Maestro Kristian Alexander as he leads the KSO through an imaginative journey of musical pomp and passion. Inspired by the little-known works of the 19th century romantic composer Carl Maria von Weber, 20th century composer Paul Hindemith weaves his own voice into the bombastic crowd-pleaser Symphonic Metamorphosis. Once hailed the “Canadian Mozart,” composer André Mathieu wrote his long-lost Piano Concerto No. 4 at…
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Opera York | La Traviata
Cast List Violetta Valéry, a courtesan Natalya Gennadi Alfredo Germont, a young bourgeois Kijong Wi Giorgio Germont, Alfredo’s father Diego Catala
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Opera York | The Merry Widow
Cast List Hanna Glawari, a wealthy widow Sarah Papini Count Danilo Danilovitsch, First Secretary of the Pontevedrin Embassy
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High Notes | Concert for Mental Health
On Nov 18 we invite you to the High Notes Concert for Mental Health hosted by LILY FROST (singer/songwriter and radio host at Zoomer media).After almost 2 years away from the stage, we at HIGH NOTES AVANTE are so happy and proud to offer you this fine LIVE experience. The concert features some of the best musicians in the GTA and beyond: Cellist DAVID HETHERINGTON & pianist SEROUJ KRADJIAN, members of the AMICI CHAMBER ENSEMBLE, violinist STEPHEN SITARSKI, baritone GILES…
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Kindred Spirits Orchestra | Love and Turmoil
Inspired by the sixteenth century fresco by Raphael, Hindemith paints his own endearing musical picture depicting the myth of Amor and Psyché. Internationally renowned award-winning Spanish Bulgarian pianist Ludmil Angelov takes centre stage with Rachmaninoff’s colourful and jazz-flavoured Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 4. Written during the years of postwar Stalinist Russia, Prokofiev’s Symphony No. 6 is a tragically ominous reflection of society and the composer’s own inner turmoil. Kristian Alexander | conductor Ludmil Angelov | pianist Michael Berec | host Intermission discussion and Q&A with Ludmil Angelov and Michael Berec. This concert is…
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Kindred Spirits Orchestra | Metamorphoses
Inspired by the sixteenth century fresco by Raphael, Hindemith paints his own endearing musical picture depicting the myth of Amor and Psyché. Dedicated and first performed by his son on his nineteenth birthday, Shostakovich’s Piano Concerto no. 2 is a joyful work filled with youthful vitality and the romance of the prior century brought to life by acclaimed pianist Sheng Cai. Written during the years after the Second World War, Prokofiev‘s Symphony No. 6 is a tragically ominous reflection of society and the composer’s own inner…
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